Cubase 4 Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) description:
Designed for professional music production from the ground up, Cubase 4 comes with a brand-new VST3 plug-in set and four new software instruments.
Cubase 4 represents the cutting edge in digital audio workstations. Designed for professionals from the ground up, Cubase converges extraordinary sound quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of highly advanced audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing.
Cubase 4 allows you to produce more efficiently and with better ergonomics than ever before. Its tremendous flexibility allows it to adapt perfectly to suit your individual working methods and working environment.
Cubase 4 features the revolutionary SoundFrame, which is a powerful combination of Track Presets, Instrument Tracks, and MediaBay database, to help organise all your sounds from every instrument - both software VSTi and hardware.
Offering first-rate capabilities for audio recording and editing, Cubase 4 provides top-class studios, music producers and live recording rigs with the state-of-the-art facilities they need to stay ahead.
Cubase 4 New instruments include:
- HALION ONE: Yamaha MOTIF-powered sample-based instrument based on Steinberg’s renowned HALion 3. Features over 600 instruments/sounds and 58 drum kits. Includes 8 realtime ‘quick control’ parameters and an efficiency slider to provide control over CPU load.
- PROLOGUE: Virtual analog synthesizer with hybrid analog and digital waveforms. Features three oscillators, a multi-mode variable resonance filer, four ADSR envelope generators, two LFOs and a powerful modulation matrix. On-board effects include Distortion, Delay, Phaser, Flanger, and Chorus.
- SPECTOR: Based on two extremely colourful and versatile spectrum filters (developed from the Spectrum page of Steinberg’s D’cota VSTi), Spector includes four envelope generators, two LFO’s, powerful modulation matrix and on-board effects.
- MYSTIC: Mystic’s synthesis is based on three parallel comb filters with feedback. Includes four ADSR envelope generators, two LFOs, powerful modulation matrix and on-board effects (Distortion, Delay, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus).
Cubase 4 new features include:
- SoundFrame – Universal Sound Manager
- Control Room
- 33 All-New VST3 Audio Effects Plug-ins
- Four New Virtual Instruments
- Major Score Editor Enhancements
- MediaBay
- Instrument Tracks
- Track Presets
- User Interface Redesign
- Drag & Drop for Insert FX
- Mac PPC/Intel - Universal Binary
- Advanced AudioWarp Realtime Transpose
- New Trim Tool
- User-configurable Track Inspector
- New state-of-the-art Channel EQ
- User-configurable Channel Strip
- Intuitive Audio + MIDI Hardware Setup
- MP3 Surround
- MPEX 3 – High-quality audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting
- Complete printed “Getting Started” and “Operation” manuals
- New tutorial manual including video tutorials
Cubase 4 System Requirements:
- Macintosh: Power Mac G4 1 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz, 512 MB RAM, OS X Version 10.4, Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels, CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
DVD-ROM drive, USB component port for copy protection key, Internet access required for license activation
- Windows: Pentium / Athlon 1.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows XP Home and XP Professional, Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels, Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency performance, DVD-ROM drive, USB component port for copy protection key, Internet access required for license activation